Borealis to appeal Finnish tax authority re-assessment
Borealis has received a re-assessment decision from the Finnish tax authority for its Finnish subsidiary regarding the year 2008.
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New CEO of LyondellBasell
The Supervisory Board has appointed Bhavesh V. "Bob" Patel chief executive officer, effective January 12, 2015.
Ineos ordered additional ethane vessels
Ineos commissions two more "Dragon Class" ships to bring US ethane from shale gas to its manufacturing plants in Scotland and Norway.
Sibur increases funding for major polyolefin project
Sibur's Board of Directors has approved increased funding for the ZapSibNeftekhim project in 2014 from EUR 1,1 bn to EUR 1,48 bn.
Ineos moves into UK shale gas exploration
Ineos has announced it is making its first move into the shale exploration in Scotland.
SABIC launches certified renewable polyolefins portfolio
SABIC announced that it will launch its first portfolio of certified renewable polyolefins.
Borealis with new contract for ethane
Borealis announced a new long term agreement to source ethane from Norwegian Statoil for its flexible steam cracker in Sweden.
Borealis improved third quarter net profit
Borealis announced a net profit of EUR 131 million in the third quarter of 2013.
Brazilian biopolymers producer at K 2013
At K show in Düsseldorf Braskem presented its newest solutions.
DOW Elastomers introduces two innovative additions to the family of Affinity
Dow Elastomers, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, will debut two new polymers into the existing family of Affinity GA Polyolefin Elastomers (POEs) at the World Adhesive & Sealant Conference (WAC) from 18 to 21 September, 2012 in Paris, France.
New Borealis PP grade brings sustainability goals closer to packaging pail producers
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, launches unique, high stiffness polypropylene (PP) grade Bormod BH381MO to support manufacturers of industrial pails in meeting their increasing sustainability and product quality goals.
LyondellBasell grants Lupotech T Process license to Samsung Total Petrochemicals
LyondellBasell today announced that Samsung Total Petrochemicals Co. Ltd., a joint venture of Samsung Group and Total S.A, has selected the Lupotech T process technology from LyondellBasell for its new 200 KT per-year low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethyl vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer plant in Daesan, South Korea. Start-up is projected for 2013.
